Captain of British Army Tells of Struggle in Blighty Visit
An Anzac captain recounts brutal WWI scenes from the front to a large audience. He describes German bayonet tactics, prisoner cruelty, trench rats, and a near-mortal wound while detailing his return to the lines and ultimately to Blighty. He praises Red Cross work and urges Americans to back President Wilson with support and funds.
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Ers
Fallon
No Man’s Land
Smith Ereets
Hanward
Red Cross
United States
America
Wholesale Prices in United States 1916 Report
A Bureau of Labor Statistics bulletin analyzes wholesale prices in 1916 across 342 commodities, noting a 33 percent average rise from December and a 49 percent increase over 1914. It details price surges in farm products food clothing fuel and metals, with 318 of 342 series higher in 1916 and 11 unchanged.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
United States
Monthly Review
Bureau
Bulletin 26
New York
Thailand Adopts Tri-Color Flag With Blue Center
Bangkok announces a new national flag replacing the white elephant emblem on scarlet with a red white blue design. The flag features red and white stripes at each end and a central blue stripe twice as wide, signaling a frontier in civilization amid alliance displays.
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Bangkok
Siam
Liam
London Vicar Asked to Cancel 100000 War Bonds
Real evidence offered as the vicar of a London church is requested to publicly cancel 100000 pounds of national war bonds and war savings certificates belonging to Northerumberland miners and tradesmen to prove their loyalty to the industrial order and the king's government.
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London
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